Ambitious? Listen to the music.

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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Want to get ahead? A California researcher says some music might help.

Surveys say employees want to feel that their work is making a contribution toward the good of the company, and they want to have time off with their families.

Gordon Shaw, a professor emeritus at U.C. Irvine, previously reported that listening to Mozart could elevate your reasoning abilities. Now, he's written a non-technical book on the subject, called "Keeping Mozart in Mind." Shaw says the book, due out next month, "is not about music, but about how music can help us understand how the brain works and how music can enhance how we think, reason, and create," according to UPI. See: Full story

Looking for ways to raise employee morale and enhance focus? Here's a benefit with no out-of-pocket costs that will thrill your workers and boost your business. Surveys say employees want to feel that their work is making a contribution toward the good of the company, and they want to have time off with their families. So the idea is to give them more time off when they reach their goals, according to Inc. Magazine. See: Full story

Wondering if you should hang onto your Net stocks? Some Priceline.com,
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and EBbay.com,
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executives have sold some of their options recently -- food for thought, according to Salon.com. See: Full story

Have you ever dreamed of blasting off in the Space Shuttle? Are you in the market for a box of cigars autographed by President Clinton? How about the suede jacket that was worn by Elvis Presley and featured on the cover of his "Suspicious Minds" album? These will be auctioned off this fall, with other items, including a CIA Adventure Trip and the last John Elway endorsement contract, by Collectors Universe One-Of-A-Kind Auctions. See: News release

Executive Toy Box: Digital cameras have become the latest gotta-have-one gadget in computerdom, giving digital photographers complete control from shutter release to final print, plus near-seamless output to e-mail or the Web. Here is a look at some of the most popular digital cameras, according to The Washington Post. See: Full story

GOING UP

Unify Corp.,
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a provider of software solutions for e-commerce, elected Kurt Garbe to serve on the company's board of directors. Garbe is executive vice president of USWeb/CKS,
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See: News Release

HotJobs.com,
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announced the appointment of Philip Guarascio to its board of directors, expanding the board to seven members. Guarascio had been a vice president of General Motors,
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since July 1994. See: News Release

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